South Kashmir youth shuns militancy: Police
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Police on Tuesday said that a youth shunned militancy and returned to the mainstream. “One more individual with the help of #Communitymembers & #Police in #Pulwama has returned back to #mainstream. #Identity of the individual has been #protected,” police said on Twitter.
Muslim Wakf Board
Muslim Wakf Board after becoming one of the wings of the State Administration has come under severe criticism for the lack of maintenance of the Shrines from which it is getting crores of rupees in a year. Most of the funds collected from the shrines are being used for the purchase of vehicles for the […]
Nearly 400 militants infiltrated into Jammu and Kashmir in three years, govt tells LS
Agencies NEW DELHI: Nearly 400 terrorists infiltrated into Jammu and Kashmir in the last three years and 126 of them have been killed by security forces, Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy said in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. Reddy said 27 security personnel were killed during the engagements with the infiltrators. […]
Unidentified male body retrieved in Jehlum
Srinagar : Police on Tuesday recovered an identified male body on river Jehlum near Shadipora area of Sumbal in North Kashmir’s Bandipora district. Reports reaching said that some locals spotted the body floating near Shadipora and informed the concerned police station immediately. A police team reached the spot and retrieved the body. Confirming it a […]
28 persons die in flash floods in PaK
Agencies Islamabad: Heavy rains and flash floods have wreaked havoc in the Neelum Valley in Pakistan-administered Kashmir (PaK), killing at least 28 people and sweeping away mosques and houses, according to a media report. Over 150 houses in the Laswa area of the valley were damaged and dozens of people were swept away in floods […]
Police arrests two persons in Baramulla, recovers pistol
Srinagar: Police have arrested two persons for their alleged involvement in the last month’s killing of a shopkeeper in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. A police officer said that the two youth Aquib Bashir and Auqib Shalla of Chesti Colony Baramulla was arrested recently and a pistol was recovered by a team of 46RR, SOG and […]
UN chief saddened by displacement of people, deaths due to rains in India, other countries
Agencies United Nations : UN chief Antonio Guterres has expressed sadness at the loss of life, displacement of people and destruction of property due to the heavy monsoon rains in India, Bangladesh, Nepal and Myanmar and said the world body stands by to provide support if required. Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General, Farhan Haq said […]
Over 2.5 million affected due to floods in Bihar
Agencies Patna : The flood situation in Bihar continued to remain grim on Tuesday with over 2.5 million people affected by it across the 12 districts of the state, officials said. In the last 24 hours, all the major rivers were flowing above the danger level, leading to embankment breaches. There were reports of fresh […]
Police Officer killed in road mishap
Doda: An Assistant Sub-Inspector of Jammu and Kashmir Police was killed in a road accident after an Alto vehicle he was driving in skidded off the road and plunged into a deep gorge on Brath road in Doda district. An official said that the vehicle (JK-06A 4758) met the accident near gas agency on Barth […]
Fresh batch of 3967 pilgrims leave for Amarnath Cave Shrine from Jammu
Srinagar : A batch of 3,967 pilgrims left Jammu on Tuesday for the Kashmir Valley to perform the Amarnath Yatra. “Of these, 1,615 Yatris are going to Baltal base camp while 2,352 are going to Pahalgam base camp,” an official said. He said that 12 pilgrims, two service providers and two forces personnel have lost […]
